On Saturday August 1,2009 the alley located at the top of the La Tanca street welcomed dusk with the bombastic rhythms of Bomba and Plena. The narrow sidewalk that houses two bars one in front of the other, was mobbed with revelers of all races and ages, dancing in a manic frenzy that enveloped every one around. If you were there, you were not “just watching”.

I came across it, in my search for a cold beer to start the night on the city. I kept following this faint beat all through Norzagaray street, when I stepped into the alley, my feet took over and instantly made me join in the celebration. “Who are these people” – was my question to every person I met while bumping into them on the way to the bar located on the middle of the alley. “I don’t know, but they got a party going on”: this sums up nicely every answer I got.

So I didn’t know who was playing, the street kept getting more crowded by the minute and my exits had been closed up by the new comers trying to figure out what was going on. On the short time that I was there the group played 5 songs never stopping to take a break. The players were sipping their drinks in-between music changes, and every few songs one of them would drop his instrument and run to the bar to get the group refills.

After the second beer I realized I was never going to get a still shot. So after half maneuvering, half dancing my way out of my safe corner, I moved out into San Sebastian street Everything from then on would be great, I knew it would. After you decide to hangout, and then the world thrusts you into a party such as this, you know Fortune is smiling at you. I’mk putting this in the Day to Day category, because this is what the City’s like, you never know what Old San Juan will show you. Enjoy the night.